SatEvo decay list #17 (issued 1996 November 2) Here are my latest SatEvo decay predictions. The "Actual?" decay times are estimates based on the final available elements. # Designation Name ------- Decay ------- Predicted Actual? 24160 94- 29 HK STEP-2 Pegasus deb October 17.59 23924 86- 17 LL GFZ 1 deb October 17.6 12347 80- 30 V Cosmos 1174 deb October 20.8 24063 94- 29 DL STEP-2 Pegasus deb October 20.7 24409 94- 29 RN STEP-2 Pegasus deb October 20.7 24509 94- 29 VH STEP-2 Pegasus deb October 21.7 24507 94- 29 VF STEP-2 Pegasus deb October 22.3 5275 69- 82 HS Thorad Agena D deb October 22.4 23984 94- 29 AE STEP-2 Pegasus deb October 25.4 24056 94- 29 DD STEP-2 Pegasus deb October 25? 24506 94- 29 VE STEP-2 Pegasus deb October 25.9 23876 96- 32 D PAMS/STU October 26.46 24502 94- 29 VB STEP-2 Pegasus deb October 29? 24635 96- 59 B FSW r October 29.14 23903 86- 17 KW GFZ 1 deb October 30.2 24512 94- 29 VL STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 1? 24412 94- 29 RR STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 2 24047 94- 29 CU STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 4 24416 94- 29 RV STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 4 24562 94- 29 XN STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 5 24157 94- 29 HG STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 7 24365 94- 29 PS STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 7 24407 94- 29 RL STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 7 24031 94- 29 CC STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 8 24060 94- 29 DH STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 8 24514 94- 29 VN STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 8 24597 94- 29 YZ STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 9 24351 94- 29 PC STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 10 24018 94- 29 BP STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 11 24048 94- 29 CV STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 13 24200 94- 29 KB STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 13 24479 94- 29 UC STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 13 24011 94- 29 BG STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 14 24461 94- 29 TJ STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 15 24593 94- 29 YV STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 15 23566 86- 17 JH GFZ 1 deb November 16 24584 94- 29 YL STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 16 24595 94- 29 YX STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 16? 24067 94- 29 DQ STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 18 24367 94- 29 PU STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 18 24538 94- 29 WN STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 19 24246 94- 29 LV STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 20 24410 94- 29 RP STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 20 24431 94- 29 SK STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 20 24462 94- 29 TK STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 20 7047 73- 86 AP Delta 1 deb November 22 23476 83- 75 BC Cosmos 1484 deb November 22 23932 86- 17 LS GFZ 1 deb November 22 24027 94- 29 BY STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 22 24468 94- 29 TR STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 22 23053 89- 89 AY COBE deb November 23 note 2 24471 94- 29 TU STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 23 24480 94- 29 UD STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 23 24546 94- 29 WW STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 23 24026 94- 29 BX STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 24 24356 94- 29 PH STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 24 24371 94- 29 PY STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 24 24439 94- 29 SV STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 24 24642 96- 60 C November 24 24530 94- 29 WE STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 25 note 2 24045 94- 29 CS STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 26 24426 94- 29 SE STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 26 24484 94- 29 UH STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 26 24572 94- 29 XY STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 26 24363 94- 29 PQ STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 27 24467 94- 29 TQ STEP-2 Pegasus deb November 29 6895 73- 78 C Delta 1 r1 November 30 22110 92- 58 C Delta 2 r December 3 23026 94- 14 G Coronas I SL-14 deb December 5 23928 86- 17 LQ GFZ 1 deb December 7 22762 89- 89 X COBE deb December 21 note 2 23800 96- 5 E Gorizont 31 SL12 deb December 21 23852 96- 24 B MSX Delta r December 21 23885 86- 17 KE GFZ 1 deb December 24 24641 96- 60 B Molniya-3 r December 27 16551 79- 17 GJ Solwind deb December 28 Notes: 1. In addition, the following STEP-2 Pegasus debris may decay during December: Dec 1 #24610 = ZN Dec 16 #23992 = AN 3 #24021 = BS, #24432 = SL, 17 #23963 = L, #24616 = ZU #24539 = WP 18 #24020 = BR, #24424 = SC 5 #23969 = P 20 #24050 = CX 6 #24415 = RU, #24600 = ZC 22 #24010 = BF 8 #24452 = SU, #24569 = XV 9 #24257 = MG 10 #24252 = MB 12 #24570 = XW 13 #24105 = FC, #24333 = NJ, #24469 = TS 14 #24544 = WU 15 #24591 = YT, #24592 = TU 2. No recent elsets for these objects - possibly lost. Bjoern Gimle maintains a WWW resource of decay information at http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle/ Alan -- Alan Pickup | COSPAR site 2707: 55d53m48.7s N 3d11m51.2s W 156m asl Edinburgh | Home: alan@wingar.demon.co.uk +44 (0)131 477 9144 Scotland | Royal Observatory: A.Pickup@roe.ac.uk +44 (0)131 668 8224